Soziale Idee + Unternehmertum = Wirkung
Im INTES Unternehmerbrief beschreibt Felix Oldenburg die Gleichung "Soziale Idee + Unternehmertum = Wirkung" entlang einiger Entwicklungsgeschichten von Ashoka Fellows.
Stiftungsreport mit Spezial zu Social Entrepreneurship erschienen
Am Dienstag ist in Berlin der StiftungsReport 2013/2014 des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Stiftungen vorgestellt worden. Enthalten ist auch ein Special zur Rolle von Sitftungen in der Förderung von Social Entrepreneurs, unter anderem mit vielen Fallbeispielen aus der Ashoka Fellowship und einem...
Sechs Ansätze zur Verbreitung sozialer Innovation in Deutschland
2011 warfen mit erstmals einen systematischen Blick auf die Branche Social Entrepreneurship und fragten uns: Vor welchen Hürden stehen soziale Problemlöser*innen heute? Die im Sommer 2011 durchgeführte Expertenbefragung zeigt zentrale Hürden für soziale Innovation in Deutschland auf und präsentiert...
George Mason University Recognizes Diana Wells as a Social Innovation Champion
Earlier this month, Ashoka President Diana Wells was recognized for her role as an innovation champion by winning the first Social Innovation Champion Award at the fourth annual Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship (ASE) conference. Wells—together with Marion Morino, co-founder and chairman of...
Peruvian Fellow Receives Prestigious Honors in US and UK
Ashoka Fellow Albina Ruiz is not afraid of cleaning up garbage. Many of us take efficient waste removal for granted. Yet, in some parts of the world, refuse is not effectively managed. This has long been the case in Lima, Peru. The problem was particularly severe in Lima’s northern district. In 1995...
Congratulations to the Forbes Impact 30
For the first time in the magazine’s 94-year history, Forbes has assembled a list of the top 30 social entrepreneurs tackling the world’s most intractable problems — and 10 Ashoka Fellows made the list. The unwavering innovators recognized as members of the Forbes Impact 30 are an impressive bunch...
European Commission Initiative Will Unlock Social Sector's Potential
Social businesses make up just 10 percent of European ventures. The European Commission wants to see more. Through the new Social Business Initiative, the Commission plans to create an ecosystem conducive to social businesses, in part by facilitating access to funding. The belief is that more...
Culture Matters: 5 Tips for Facilitating Collaboration
As the CEO of Genetic Alliance, Ashoka Fellow Sharon Terry is determined to accelerate research, drug development, treatment, advocacy, and support for genetic disease. She’s found a way to dissolve the boundaries between disease-specific family foundations and advocacy organizations, universities...
When the Unreal Becomes Real
The first time I heard about Ashoka in 1998, it sounded to me like fantasy. I liked very much the introductory discussions with Ashoka coordinators, long, deep, going to details... These discussions raised my confidence in Ashoka principles and their viability. At that time my country (Slovakia) was...
Shifting a Paradigm in Europe: From Subsidies to Investment
Never before have financial indicators dominated news like today, but perhaps the most important indicator for competitiveness of our societies remains human: How many changemakers are there? At Ashoka, we talk about making a world where Everyone is a Changemaker—empowering people to engineer social...